Bonding and tying



/NVENT0H AT EYJ Patented June 14, 1898 J. BENNETT. BONDING AND TYING.

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' llNrrn "tarts JOHN BENNETT, or PARis, MAINE.

BONDING AND TYIING.

SPECIFICATIQN- forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,468, dated June 7 14, 1898.

' Application filed December 20,1597. Serial No. 662,660. a. 11.0.1.1.)

To all whom itmctyconcern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, residingat South Paris, in the county of Oxford and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bonding and Tying, of which.

the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bonding and tying bodies together. It is especially adapted for bonding and bracing curbing to form a bar at the joint against the action and results of frost, which tend to force the sections out of alinement, to prevent the end of one section being raised above the other, or the twisting of one section upon the other, or the opening of one section in relation to the other. My invention is, however, adapt. ed for the bonding of various things and bodies without regard to the material of the bodies,and especially is it advantageous in the joining of columns and statues constructed in sections or which may be broken. In these uses the bonding andtying which constitutes my invention is especially adapted by reason of being invisible for bonding facing-stones or anything where it is desirable that the bonding should not be exposed and where great strength to holdthe bodies together is required.

My improvement consists of certain parts and combinations of parts wherein a bond or tie-bar formed by a solid body is combined with an enveloping fastening-bond formed by a body or substance in the condition of a liquid, both bonds crossing the joint of the bonded parts and embedded within and fastened alike to each part. In this combination the bond formed from a substance in a liquid condition engages as a solid bar the walls of excavations made in. the abutting parts and also engages and envelops thesolid ments, and Figurelshows in vertical section parts. of abutting curbstones joined and bonded in accordance with 'myinvention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section taken at the joint.- Figs. 3 and 4 are like views of a slightly niodified construction. Figs. 5 and 6 are like views of another modified construction. Fig. 7 shows two forms of tie-bars, 8 shows the abutting ends of curbstones excavated to receive the bonding, and Fig. 9 shows thercast bond with its circumferential arms. l

In the joint-forming ends of the parts to be jbondedfare identical excavations l l, of equal depth andsymni'etrically located, so that the proper joining" of the parts Will bri'ngcthe excavations in coincident relation for the reception of my new bonding, which crosses the joint andextendsequally into theexcavations. This bonding consists of two parts, a solid bar'2 for strength and aninclosing part 3, formed or cast of a substance having a liquid condition poured or injected in the excavations around the solid bar, so'that in solidifying it combines with and forms the fastening for the solid bar and extends unbroken from one excavation, into the other and constitutes a sort'of pipe which may or may not be closed at its ends over the solid bar. In filling the excavations the liquid substance in solidifying becomes. fastened to the walls of the excavations and to the solid bar;

The solidtie-bar maybe madewith or without enlarged ends, and it will be understood that of whatever form and sizeit forms the core or center for the 1 bond, which is cast over it within and through the joined exca- Vations.

The solid tie-bar may be made of any suitable form in cross-section, and the excavations may be made of any form in cross-section and in their combined length equal or slightly greater than the length of the solid bar.

. In Figs. 1 and 3 the solid tie-bar is shown of cylindrical form with enlarged ends, and these ends may be of any form and may or may not fill the excavations. In FigsS'the inner ends of the excavations areshown of greater area than the outerends to form shoulders 44 to give greater resistance against the separation of the bonded parts.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the solid bar is of flat cross section and engages the excavations of each abutting part by a downwardly-standing incline 5 5, having the form of asort of double wedge acting to draw the joined parts together, and in this function the cast bond cooperates with the inclines as it fills the space above and around the fiat solid wedge-bond, fastening it upon the walls of the excavations, which incline or flare from the joint in opposite directions.

' To prevent the twisting or turning of one of the joined parts upon the other, .I provide grooves 6 6 in their abutting ends, which open into the excavations, the groove in one end matching the groove in the other end, so that in the process of forming the cast bond in fillin g the excavation the liquid substance Will fill the grooves and form projections or arms 7 7 upon the circumference of the cast bond. The abutting ends of the bodies to be bonded are formed with coincident grooves or channels 8 8, which when the bodies are joined form the duct through which the liquid substance is introduced into the excavations to form the cast bond over the solid bond.

By having the excavations larger than the solid tie-bar it gives the advantage of casting a fastening-bond .over a strengtheningbond and of fitting the bodies to be bonded to an exact joint, and especially in broken work. The substance for the cast fasteningbond I preferto use is what is known as commercial brimstone, because I have found it effective; but any suitable material that has the requisite strength and is soluble or any suitable metal will be within my invention.

It is important to notice that in preventing the turning of the parts one upon the other the resistance is born by the cast bond at its crossing of the joint.

My invention is well suited for bonding bodies of Wood orof metal, and the solid tiebar may have transverse ribs or ridges at intervals in its length, broken or unbroken to increase the bonding effect.

WVhile I have thus described the preferred embodiment of my invention in the process of forming the cast bond upon a solid bond,

it will be evident to those skilled in the art that the details of construction may be varied Without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

I claim as my invention 1 l 1. A bond for joining and bracing bodies, consisting of atWo-part bonding-bar, onecast over and inclosing the other bar and both bars engaginginvisible excavations in the joining ends of the bodies.

2. A bond for joining and bracing bodies having excavations in theirjoining-surfaces, consisting of a double-ended solid tie-barentering said excavations, and a fastening part cast over and enveloping the entire body of said solid bar within said excavations and crossing the' joining-surfaces, the enveloping bond forming a tubular engaging-body within the joined parts.

3 For joining and bracing bodies having excavations, in their joining-surfaces, a solid bar entering alike said excavations and a bond cast of tubular form crossing the j oinin g-surfaces as a fastening for the solid bar to the surrounding walls of the excavations in the.

way stated.

4. For joining and bracing bodies having excavations in their joining-surfaces and grooves or channels opening into said excavations and a filling-duct opening at the surface of the joined parts, a solid bar entering alike said excavations, and a bond cast of tubular form crossing the joining-surfaces for fastening the solid bar to the walls of the excavations and forming circumferential projections or arms upon said cast bond at the joining of the bonded bodies.

5. For joining and bracing bodies having excavations in their joining'surfaces, a tubular fastening-bond cast over a strengtheningbond within and crossing the joining-su rfaces.

6. A bond for joining and bracing bodies consisting of a solid bar and a bar formed around it having circumferential arms, both bars and firms engaging the joined parts.

JOHN BENNETT. lVitnesses:

HENRY W. DEAN, EDWARD J. LAMBE. 

